RIP Robert Forrest-Webb, author of frighteningly authentic WWIII best-selling novel of the invasion of Europe in the eyes of invading Russian forces

[basquebromance]

i have the book. if enough interest is shown in the thread i will post excerpts from it so we can discuss! woohoo! does anyone know this guy?

Remembering Bob Forest-Webb, beloved author and sportsman

Bob Forrest-Webb died at the age of 94 on April 23 at Hereford County Hospital.

www.rossgazette.com

 

[okfine]

How could it be authentic if WWIII never happened?

 

[basquebromance]

How could it be authentic if WWIII never happened?

Amazon product ASIN 1468180959
from the review:

'Chieftains' has been rated the best-ever novel of tank warfare. General Sir John Hackett who reviewed it, stated that it was 'a dramatic and authentic account'. Impeccably researched at military bases in the UK and Europe, and with the assistance of the British Ministry of Defense, Allied forces armoured personnel and ex-servicemen with battle experiences in various theatres of war, 'Chieftains' was written during the darkest and most tense period of the 'Cold War' between East and West. The book brutally shows what could have happened as a Third World War began.

 

[basquebromance]

here's how the book starts:

'Davis seemed to wait forever, until he decided Inkester must have missed again or the shell had failed to explode. Then he saw a brief shower of sparks scatter from the foredeck of the T-72's hull to the left of the driver's hatch, and almost at the same time it exploded outwards like a movie scene in slow motion, He saw the two hatches on the turret fly upwards, followed by the turret itself and the driver's and engine hatches. Soundlessly, to Davis, the hull tore apart, belching a swirling orb of flame. He heard Inkester's awed voice: "My God!"

 

[luiza]

WW3 ?
Tanks are close to being redundant .